Global Warming and the Power of Garbage

The earth's warming rate is much faster than 100 years ago. Now there's a vital need for action in reducing carbon dioxide levels. The answer is not more conventional landfills, incineration, or transporting trash to distant Third World countries. This short read presents a radical proposal that builds on simple scientific premises: a deep underground storage solution for our carbon-based waste. We can reduce carbon dioxide release into the atmosphere while letting society dispose of waste more cheaply than before. And create domestic jobs, including in hard-hit sectors. The rationale and components involved in this concept will appeal to anyone interested in climate change, ecology and resource conservation.

Dirk Führmann was born in Peine in Lower Saxony, Germany in 1959, where he still resides. He has no formal scientific training, but has the heart of a scientist. Keenly interested in all things related to science and technology, his primary focus in recent years has been on the climate crisis. With this book he aims to introduce a new approach which he believes could significantly contribute in mitigating global warming. His climate-fiction novella 'Hades' was first published by Twenty-Six in 2019. An English-language version is forthcoming in Spring 2024.